James Mangold Clarifies His Hatred Of Post-Credit Scenes, Discusses Dislike Of Term ‘Easter Egg’

Last week, Logan director James Mangold went on a bit of a tirade, discussing his dislike of post-credit scenes in today’s movies. The man didn’t pull any punches from what he felt was a trend that he feels plays too big a role in modern filmmaking.

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After reading his comments, some may have even felt he was a little bit too harsh on that front. Luckily for us, it sounds like Mangold is receptive to other opinions, and took to Twitter to clarify his thoughts in a less expletive-laden explanation. Here’s what he had to say:

“Many folks commented on my diatribe re: end credits scenes. Good points made by some who disagree. My vehemence comes from a belief these scenes r cinematic MSG/crack. Of course they feel good. They are designed to do that, like ads, as they hook you to buy the next films and at the same time, I feel like the omnipresent expectation of them cheapens the integrity of a theatrical experience as the movie doesn’t stick its ending but rather dribbles to an end with a series of pleasing vignettes/ads for the thing they will sell you next year. So its not so much the scenes I despise as much as I fear that movies (an art form I deeply love) are not advanced when they are no longer functioning as a form with a beginning middle and end but rather as part of a serialized money machine. These scenes promote a slightly false sense of fully realized “universe” as if everyone behind scenes knows exactly what’s next in a saga, when the truth is a bit less charted despite what many tell a sycophantic press that makes $ on the “universes” & the gossip mill they create”

I can definitely see where he comes from here. It sounds that so long as the story in the main film holds up completely on its own — and isn’t trying to survive on the strengths of its tease to another film — then he’s fine with the idea of them. More than anything, he hates the “ad” aspect of them, which is understandable, and doesn’t like it when a film wholly relies on that final stinger.

But he wasn’t quite done yet. He also has some beef with the term “Easter egg.”

“Lastly, the term “easter egg”‘s a bit infantile &, at least 2 me, feels condescending toward a thoughtful & intellectual audience that might be treated w/ more respect than imagining them as kids jumping around trying to guess storylines from breadcrumbs dropped by corporations.”

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